as in to disobey
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
experts tell parents that if their once-compliant children rebel against them, then they should take it as a sign the kids are growing up and becoming their own persons
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Resto was arrested on charges of reckless driving, disobeying signal of an officer, engaging police in a pursuit, failure to maintain proper lane on a limited access highway and interfering with an officer/resisting.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025 -
The YouGov/The Economist survey also shows that nearly half of Americans think that the Trump administration is disobeying court orders when deporting immigrants.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Rebel (against).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebel%20%28against%29. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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